Cataloguer at National Library of Ireland
NationalityIrish
Current locationIreland
Work categoryAdmin and Clerical
EducationMasters/PostGrad
Profile Activity
I am a Library & Information professional actively seeking work in the library/information field, or related areas.
Able to give presentations, conduct research, assimilate and present information at short notice.
Held a careers seminar for MLIS students, in conjunction with UCD Careers Centre.
Presented to Irish History Students’ Association, 2008.
Conor Walls's Professional Experience
National Gallery of Ireland - Intern
Cataloguing, appointments management, research, data entry, dealing with old and rare material.
National Library of Ireland - Cataloguer
• Cataloguing Ordnance Survey Maps from the 19th and 20th Centuries
• Re – housing the Elmes Topographical collection, which contains prints from the 17th – 20th Centuries; preserving this material and creating space.
• Preserving and cataloguing theatre ephemera from the Holloway Collection; involve finding dates for playbills and organising them by venue, country and year.
• Cataloguing previously unsorted Martyn Turner Collection (political caricatures) using MARC standards with Virtua.
• Other historically significant projects and collections.
Royal College of Physicians - Library Assistant/Cataloguer
Duties:
Cataloguing 18th and 19th Century medical texts, using ALICE.
Handling old texts and materials.
Assisting the Librarian in sorting and organising a large amount of previously un -
catalogued material
Dublin Business School - Library Assistant
Duties/ Activities:
Reference desk, including updating holdings records and processing books.
Assisting students & staff with queries,
Receiving fines and other transactions,
Data entry
Photocopying
Shelving
loose -leaf filing,
Acquisitions and processing new books and journals.
Cataloguing &classification.
Familiarity with Legal texts and circulation between different library premises.
University College - Night Porter
Duties - providing a safe residential environment, maintenance, security and administration of the accommodation facilities.